SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24100589DSENATE IRESOLUTION SENAOfferedNO. February 7, 2024 N Commending Sharon Morrissey.

––––––––––42 TE Patron––HashmiCommending R –––––––––– O WHEREAS, at the end of 2023, Sharon MorrisseyMorrissey. retired as the senior vice chancellor for academic and workforce programs at the Virginia Community College System, the culmination of a decades-lDng carWHEREAS, a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Western Carolina U University, and North Carolina State University, Sharon Morrissey began her education career in North Carolina as an English instructor at Central Carolina Community College;

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35 and commitmentprovided toable allleadership students and her legacy of contributions to higherthe educationCommonwealth's and23 workforcecommunity 36colleges; development.

during her tenure as interim chancellor, she spearheaded the HIRE Virginia campaign to promote the significant role that the VCCS plays in workforce and economic development in the Commonwealth;

now, therefore, be it occasion of her retirement as the senior vice chancellor for academic and workforce programs at the Virginia Community College System;

and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for and commitment to all students and her legacy of contributions to higher education and workforce courage development.